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Ya know, I really like to travel. In fact if I could get paid to do it I probably would! Technically I am getting paid to travel between our permanent home and our temporary home ~ our 26ft travel trailer parked at our new church home RC4SQ Church. But that kind of travel is different.

I’m really enjoying being in both places, yet living out of a suit case while not really traveling is getting a bit old. I told my Honey last night that this whole maintaining two households is not easy. We have to make sure we take all the necessary items with us rather than trying to keep both places stocked up. I told her I have no idea how people who lead double lives can keep it all straight! To which she replied, “They have wives!” Sorry, two houses, two families, and two wives ~ not gonna happen!

Just the maintenance alone is interesting. Having the tools needed to do projects at the new church and hoping I won’t need them at home…trying not to use two vehicles for traveling back and forth…making sure the schedule is updated often so as not to miss any appointments…having enough cloths at each location for the days we are there…oh and then there are the needs of our short hairy kids…

Tekoa, my boy, only really likes to travel in the back of my little Toyota pick up. He loves catching the wind in his cheeks and slobbering all down the side. Abby, my Honey’s girl, is pretty content in the back seat of our car, to the point of even trying to nap. Yesterday was travel day and I tried something different since it wasn’t too hot…I kept the back windows down in the car so Tekoa could get his wind therapy. He did pretty good and was a bit more content on the ride. Abby even tried some wind therapy too, something she really doesn’t do in the back of the truck.

Eventually the travel time will be getting reduced. We’ve been looking at houses trying to get an idea of what’s available and price ranges, along with area and neighborhoods. God will show us the place we are to land eventually. We are thankful for what we have in the meantime.

Living in two places isn’t really all that bad. I don’t think I’ll ever have to worry about having multiple homes around the country or world…that would drive me nuts!!!

Well, here we are, me and my Honey and our short hairy kids, 20 days into the transition of this new ministry opportunity and things are slowly beginning to feel like normal. Well, actually it has felt like we were supposed to be here all along. It was part of God’s divine plan for our lives. We know we are in the right place.

Several years ago a friend of mine began a new ministry in the Kern Valley (where we have lived for the past 19 years, and still call home even during this transition). The day he moved in, I think it was in June, it was the hottest day of the year so far at 110! Plus the humidity was up around 30%! For a guy who was moving from the Central Coast, he was ready to melt! Thing is, he was moving into a home. He had a place to get cool and could relax at the end of the day.

My honey an I have chosen (key word here) to “live” in our travel trailer until we can find an actual home to be in when we are over at the church for various functions. We can get cool where we are, sure, but its still a big metal box in the Mojave Desert! And yes, the church has cooling capabilities but no real place to just relax very well.

It’s been like camping with perks. We don’t have to shower in the trailer, there is a shower in one of the buildings making it feel like a campground shower. There is a kitchen where if we don’t want to cook in our trailer we cook in there, kinda like a KOA community kitchen, just without the other people.

Currently we are sitting in the fellowship hall both writing blog posts! Kinda like a community social hall at a campground only mid-week when nobody is around. We did have a spruce up day today here at the facility and it went very well despite the 100+ temperature! There were more people then sitting at the tables we are at, it was a good day!

We have plans on utilizing our ministry style – having an open home, both floor plan and hospitality, as soon as God opens the door for us. I for one hope it comes very soon. I’m looking forward to getting more plugged into the community and the neighborhood we are meant to be in. A pool would be nice too! (Jus’ sayin’ it would be nice God!)

All in all, this has been a good few weeks. Tomorrow is Father’s Day and some of my kids and grand-kids will be together at our oldest daughter’s house for a BBQ. Some good friends will be over to see us at church, and our new church family is very welcoming, accommodating, helpful, and excited about the future (and even some of the changes coming down the road)!

I’m still doing life without socks (except for today 8~\ only because of the work involved and being on ladders), so life is good!

I have a couple of friends who have lived in their RV’s for a period of time, one for over a year, the other for seven years!!! I don’t think I have that kind of stamina, but I’m not telling God “no” in this!